Faust in His Study
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.5 × 17.5 cm (9 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 31.5 cm (15 3/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7493
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix · 1798–1863
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) stands as the defining figure of French Romanticism and a pivotal bridge to modernism. Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice near Paris, he came from distinguished lineage—his mother descended from the prestigious Oeben-Riesener furniture dynasty, while persistent speculation suggested the statesman Talleyrand may have been his biological father, a theory supported by physic...